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30 St Mary Axe, the Swiss Re Building, is a skyscraper in Londons main financial district, the City of London. With 40 floors, the tower is 180 metres (591 ft) tall, and stands on the former site of the Baltic Exchange building, which was severely damaged on 10 April 1992 by the explosion of a bomb placed by the Provisional IRA.
After the plans to build the Millennium Tower were dropped, the current building was designed by Norman Foster and Arup engineers, and was erected by Skanska in 20012003. The UK governments statutory adviser on the historic environment, English Heritage, and the City of London governing body, the City of London Corporation, were keen that any redevelopment must restore the buildings old facade onto St Mary Axe. The Exchange Hall was a celebrated fixture of the ship trading company.
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